Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-10-08
STOCK AND FARM.

Jewell County ReUielo: Mr.. George
Weaver, Of HoInwOod, has sold his peach
crop Of 1000 bushels and will have a
quantity of corn to sell.
Troy Times: Mr.. R. ]. Wentworth
sOwed six and a half acres to spring
wh, at, last spring, from which he har-
vested just $50 bushels.
Augustine Herald: Chas. Boone
planted an acre Of broom corn on sod
just for experiment, and gave no further
attention to it. Last waek he sold the
crop for $40.
Azteu anchor: Stephen Stout esti-
mates that he viii have over a hundred
crop alone will pay for the land and all
expenses Of raising the trees.
Garden City Sentinel: The fourth
crop OF alfalfa is now ready for cutting.
With plentiful rains or plenty of water
from the bitches, a fifth cutting can be
had as we'll as not If cot cut, it will be
pastured.
Whiting Neavs: John Crawford
threshed over 700 bushels of wheat,
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consecutive wheat crops four made over
20 bushels per acre, and one was a
failure.
McAIlister Herald: Farmers say the
range is IL splendid condition for stock
which will need 40 feed until the range
ia covered by snow. Thus the buffalo
grass country is in better condition than
the eastern country.
Garden City Herald: The fourth
crop of alfalfa is now being harvested,
and yields from one and One-hRlf to two
tons per acre. One farmer who has
eight acres near town has cleared $3.50
from his crop of alfalfa this summer.
Scott County Herald: John Gerall,
brought us a fine sample of broom corn.
The heads are two feet long. We be-
Iieve that the time is not far distant
when broom corn raising will be one Of
the large agricultural industries OF our
county.
Garden City Sentinel: Ali crops that
are not riPened are growing with In
creased vigor. The late Irish potatoes
are making a fine crop. Sweet potatoes
are doing sPlendidly. sqnashes Of the
best varieties are reaching mammoth
dimensions yet retaining their richness.
Osborne County Farmer: John Cronk,
of BristoW, says alfalfa is the best feed
for growing hogs, that horses are ex-
tremely fond of It, and that an acre will
furnish more good feed during an or
binary season than any other crop that
can be put in. Mr.. Cronk has fed it for
the last thirteen years.
Hiawatha Democrat: According TO
! the reports from all parts Of the county,
We believe that the crop fcOEn this year
will be at least a third greater than it
was last year, With orr heavy crop OF
wheat and oats and our luxuriant and
rapidly growing fall pasturage, the
farmers of BrOWD county have no reason
to complain.
| The american Elevator and Grain
! Trade says: "Kansas mills have not
nearly enough wheat in that state to
supply themselves this year and until
the next crop comes to hand. They are
already making shipments from the
North, and are adapting themselves IN
many cases to the use OF spring wheat
instead Of winter.
Atohison Globe: Andy Colgan has
threshed Lis wheat, and finds that the
average yield is about twelve bushels TO
the acre. Mr.. CoIgan said early in the
season that his wheat was not worth cut
ting.
Alma NeaUs: The fine condition OF
cattle this year is very encouraging.
Wabaunses county has great number
of cattle, and they promise to BE- in the
/ best possible condition to Withstand the
winter.
Eskridge Star: The dry weather has
done considerable damage, but still there
/ is great deal of corn. Mr.. Stock, OF
Mission Greek, has q small field on his
place that viii average eighty bushels
| per acre.
Jackson County Federal: The purs-
lane worm is reported all over the state.
Professor Snow, of the Kansas Univsr-
sity, is Matching its eggs to determine
/ what kind OF butterfly lays them. The
wolm Is said to be fsvoribs with fish
and makes good bait.